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46,796 | 46,454 | 571adfb39499d21900609b6f | generic | Athanasius knew Greek and admitted not knowing Hebrew [see, e.g., the 39th Festal Letter of St. Athan.]. The Old Testament passages he quotes frequently come from the Septuagint Greek translation. Only rarely did he use other Greek versions (to Aquila once in the Ecthesis, to other versions once or twice on the Psalms)... | Did Athanasius speak Greek? | {'text': 'knew Greek', 'answer_start': 11} |
103,857 | 103,515 | 5acee64f32bba1001ae4b8ff | generic | After the Voyager 2 flyby mission, the next step in scientific exploration of the Neptunian system, is considered to be a Flagship orbital mission. Such a hypothetical mission is envisioned to be possible at in the late 2020s or early 2030s. However, there have been a couple of discussions to launch Neptune missions so... | When is the next set-in-stone mission to Neptune? | {'text': '2020s', 'answer_start': 220} |
29,864 | 29,522 | 5706332975f01819005e7a7f | generic | In 2006, Morgan Stanley purchased 20 acres (8.1 ha) directly north of the Showboat Atlantic City Hotel and Casino for a new $2 billion plus casino resort. Revel Entertainment Group was named as the project's developer for the Revel Casino. Revel was hindered with many problems, with the biggest setback to the company b... | What percentage of ownership did Morgan Stanley hold in Revel Entertainment Group? | {'text': '90%', 'answer_start': 373} |
66,676 | 66,334 | 5726b8be708984140094cf15 | generic | Burke's religious writing comprises published works and commentary on the subject of religion. Burke's religious thought was grounded in the belief that religion is the foundation of civil society. He sharply criticised deism and atheism, and emphasised Christianity as a vehicle of social progress. Born in Ireland to a... | Which church did Burke most defend? | {'text': 'Anglican', 'answer_start': 392} |
16,474 | 16,132 | 5a4d48dd7a6c4c001a2bbca6 | generic | In the case of http, https, file, and others, once the resource has been retrieved the web browser will display it. HTML and associated content (image files, formatting information such as CSS, etc.) is passed to the browser's layout engine to be transformed from markup to an interactive document, a process known as "r... | What process happens to plug-ins saved to disk? | {'text': "passed to the browser's layout engine to be transformed from markup to an interactive document", 'answer_start': 203} |
106,740 | 106,398 | 5a0f35acdecec900184754c8 | generic | Due to its large size and wide range of geographic features, the United States contains examples of nearly every global climate. The climate is temperate in most areas, subtropical in the Southern United States, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the 100th mer... | The United States favorable agricultural climate hindered what? | {'text': "the country's rise as a world power", 'answer_start': 466} |
57,890 | 57,548 | 5a51c265b308da001a5a237b | generic | Tourism has been a key factor in economic development for many Southeast Asian countries, especially Cambodia. According to UNESCO, "tourism, if correctly conceived, can be a tremendous development tool and an effective means of preserving the cultural diversity of our planet." Since the early 1990s, "even the non-ASEA... | Who discourages tourism in ordr to preserve cultural diversity? | {'text': 'UNESCO', 'answer_start': 124} |
102,408 | 102,066 | 57318ea405b4da19006bd2a6 | generic | Gaddafi's ideological worldview was moulded by his environment, namely his Islamic faith, his Bedouin upbringing, and his disgust at the actions of European colonialists in Libya. He was driven by a sense of "divine mission", believing himself a conduit of Allah's will, and thought that he must achieve his goals "no ma... | In what ethnic culture was Gaddafi raised? | {'text': 'Bedouin', 'answer_start': 94} |
84,273 | 83,931 | 5727ff0d4b864d19001641b5 | generic | Nasser's street following was still too small to sustain his plans for reform and to secure him in office. To promote himself and the Liberation Rally, he gave speeches in a cross-country tour, and imposed controls over the country's press by decreeing that all publications had to be approved by the party to prevent "s... | What institution did Nasser closely control to prevent sedition? | {'text': 'press', 'answer_start': 234} |
84,652 | 84,310 | 5a60fef4e9e1cc001a33ce13 | generic | On 12 January 1953, he was appointed Patriarch of Venice and, accordingly, raised to the rank of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca by Pope Pius XII. Roncalli left France for Venice on 23 February 1953 stopping briefly in Milan and then to Rome. On 15 March 1953, he took possession of his new diocese in Venice. As a sign ... | When did Pope Pius XII take possession of the diocese in Venice? | {'text': 'On 15 March 1953', 'answer_start': 243} |
24,522 | 24,180 | 56f7fb3ea6d7ea1400e17358 | generic | Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Aeneid follows the Trojan refugee Aeneas as he struggles to fulfill his destiny and arrive on... | What was Aeneas trying to accomplish in the Aeneid? | {'text': 'fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy', 'answer_start': 287} |
120,893 | 120,551 | 5731584905b4da19006bd07e | generic | Red, blue, and white are also the Pan-Slavic colors adopted by the Slavic solidarity movement of the late nineteenth century. Initially these were the colors of the Russian flag; as the Slavic movement grew, they were adopted by other Slavic peoples including Slovaks, Slovenes, and Serbs. The flags of the Czech Republi... | When did the Slavic solidarity movement choose red blue and white as their colors? | {'text': 'the late nineteenth century', 'answer_start': 97} |
54,083 | 53,741 | 57268e98708984140094ca02 | generic | A major consideration was the possible Soviet reaction in the event that the US intervened. The Truman administration was fretful that a war in Korea was a diversionary assault that would escalate to a general war in Europe once the United States committed in Korea. At the same time, "[t]here was no suggestion from any... | Who believed that if the issues in Korea were not dealt with the communist aggression would spread? | {'text': 'Truman', 'answer_start': 651} |
123,141 | 122,799 | 5731eee6b9d445190005e6ac | generic | Today, this term also refers to the doctrines and practices of the Reformed churches of which Calvin was an early leader. Less commonly, it can refer to the individual teaching of Calvin himself. The particulars of Calvinist theology may be stated in a number of ways. Perhaps the best known summary is contained in the ... | What area does the five points of Calvinism focus on? | {'text': 'the Calvinist view on soteriology', 'answer_start': 375} |
117,206 | 116,864 | 5ad01abb77cf76001a686a18 | generic | The change in political structure led to the inevitable development of the peasant class or smerdy. The smerdy were free un-landed people that found work by labouring for wages on the manors which began to develop around 1031 as the verv' began to dominate socio-political structure. The smerdy were initially given equa... | Who began to slowly gain their rights and become more equal in the eyes of the law? | {'text': 'The smerdy', 'answer_start': 284} |
104,507 | 104,165 | 5ad4188a604f3c001a400404 | generic | The Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area consists of three counties: Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester. As of the 2013 U.S. Census, the metropolitan statistical area had a total population of 712,239 people. North Charleston is the second-largest city in the Charleston-North Charlest... | What is the third largest city in North Carolina? | {'text': 'North Charleston', 'answer_start': 244} |
61,153 | 60,811 | 572666af708984140094c4d5 | generic | Madonna was born to Catholic parents Silvio Anthony "Tony" Ciccone (b. 1931) and Madonna Louise Fortin (c. 1933 – December 1, 1963) in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958. Her father's parents were immigrants from Pacentro, Italy, while her mother was of French-Canadian ancestry. Tony worked as an engineer designer ... | Madonna was born to which religion? | {'text': 'Catholic', 'answer_start': 20} |
29,701 | 29,359 | 5706bbd02eaba6190074acb4 | generic | Migrating birds can lose their way and appear outside their normal ranges. This can be due to flying past their destinations as in the "spring overshoot" in which birds returning to their breeding areas overshoot and end up further north than intended. Certain areas, because of their location, have become famous as wat... | How can migrating birds lose their way? | {'text': 'flying past their destinations', 'answer_start': 94} |
50,076 | 49,734 | 5ad16f9d645df0001a2d1b48 | generic | At the start of her reign Victoria was popular, but her reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when one of her mother's ladies-in-waiting, Lady Flora Hastings, developed an abdominal growth that was widely rumoured to be an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Sir John Conroy. Victoria believed the rumours. She hated Con... | What year did Victorias reputation begin to recover? | {'text': '1839', 'answer_start': 82} |
58,421 | 58,079 | 57264f37708984140094c1fe | generic | Arnold, Constable was the first American department store. It was founded in 1825 by Aaron Arnold (1794?-1876), an emigrant from Great Britain, as a small dry goods store on Pine Street in New York City. In 1857 the store moved into a five-story white marble dry goods palace known as the Marble House. During the Civil ... | Who founded Arnold, Constable? | {'text': 'Aaron Arnold', 'answer_start': 85} |
71,578 | 71,236 | 5726e9badd62a815002e94e7 | generic | A capacitor consists of two conductors separated by a non-conductive region. The non-conductive region is called the dielectric. In simpler terms, the dielectric is just an electrical insulator. Examples of dielectric media are glass, air, paper, vacuum, and even a semiconductor depletion region chemically identical to... | What type of charges do conductors hold on their facing surfaces? | {'text': 'equal and opposite charges', 'answer_start': 499} |
73,176 | 72,834 | 5ad40f32604f3c001a400156 | generic | The first appearance of the term 'affirmative action' was in the National Labor Relations Act, better known as the Wagner Act, of 1935.:15 Proposed and championed by U.S. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, the Wagner Act was in line with President Roosevelt's goal of providing economic security to workers and other ... | Who wasn't able to review complaints about possible worker discrimination? | {'text': 'National Labor Relations Board', 'answer_start': 556} |
69,641 | 69,299 | 5ace979a32bba1001ae4ab8c | generic | Ibn Sina created an extensive corpus of works during what is commonly known as the Islamic Golden Age, in which the translations of Greco-Roman, Persian, and Indian texts were studied extensively. Greco-Roman (Mid- and Neo-Platonic, and Aristotelian) texts translated by the Kindi school were commented, redacted and dev... | What was one dynasty that provided a poor atmosphere for cultural development? | {'text': 'the Buyid dynasty', 'answer_start': 571} |
122,522 | 122,180 | 5731ba99e99e3014001e6210 | generic | YouTube relies on its users to flag the content of videos as inappropriate, and a YouTube employee will view a flagged video to determine whether it violates the site's terms of service. In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with You... | The United Kingdom stated it was what with youtube's policies with moderating its content? | {'text': 'unimpressed', 'answer_start': 299} |
48,134 | 47,792 | 571a9c9210f8ca14003051bd | generic | A 2006 study by Seldin et al. used over five thousand autosomal SNPs to demonstrate European genetic substructure. The results showed "a consistent and reproducible distinction between 'northern' and 'southern' European population groups". Most northern, central, and eastern Europeans (Finns, Swedes, English, Irish, Ge... | In a 2006 study, how many autosomal SNPs were used? | {'text': 'five thousand', 'answer_start': 40} |
114,653 | 114,311 | 57301aed947a6a140053d103 | generic | Town terraced houses for all social classes remained resolutely tall and narrow, each dwelling occupying the whole height of the building. This contrasted with well-off continental dwellings, which had already begun to be formed of wide apartments occupying only one or two floors of a building; such arrangements were o... | What was the only city where working class purpose built tenements common? | {'text': 'Edinburgh', 'answer_start': 517} |
20,068 | 19,726 | 5ad3cac5604f3c001a3ff0f0 | generic | From December 1937 to March 1938 a Norwegian party made the first ever scientific expedition to Tristan da Cunha. During their stay, the expeditionary party carried out observations and made recordings of the topography of the island, its people and how they lived and worked and the flora and fauna that inhabited the i... | When did the Norwegian Party make the last scientific expedition to Tristan da Cunha? | {'text': 'From December 1937 to March 1938', 'answer_start': 0} |
75,363 | 75,021 | 5727a0b22ca10214002d9252 | generic | BBC, in 2012, accused Glencore of using child labour in its mining and smelting operations of Africa. Glencore denied it used child labour, and said it has strict policy of not using child labour. The company claimed it has a strict policy whereby all copper was mined correctly, placed in bags with numbered seals and t... | What did the BBC say that Glencore used child labour for in 2012? | {'text': 'mining and smelting operations of Africa', 'answer_start': 60} |
5,821 | 5,479 | 56d1fc6ae7d4791d009025d2 | generic | Bodhisattva means "enlightenment being", and generally refers to one who is on the path to buddhahood. Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Theravada Buddhism primaril... | What is the term for the spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all beings? | {'text': 'bodhicitta', 'answer_start': 192} |
34,882 | 34,540 | 5ad278d6d7d075001a42958f | generic | In the 2000s, research in computer science, engineering, psychology and neuroscience has been aimed at developing devices that recognize human affect display and model emotions. In computer science, affective computing is a branch of the study and development of artificial intelligence that deals with the design of sys... | What isn't the foundational document of affective computing? | {'text': "Rosalind Picard's 1995 paper", 'answer_start': 658} |
61,565 | 61,223 | 5a7a0e2917ab25001a8a0279 | generic | Tort law covers the entire imaginable spectrum of wrongs which humans can inflict upon each other, and of course, partially overlaps with wrongs also punishable by criminal law. Although the American Law Institute has attempted to standardize tort law through the development of several versions of the Restatement of To... | The American Law Institute unstandardized what? | {'text': 'tort law', 'answer_start': 243} |
5,753 | 5,411 | 56d0bc53234ae51400d9c42d | generic | The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda, (Sanskrit; Pali: paticcasamuppāda; Tibetan Wylie: rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba; Chinese: 緣起) is an important part of Buddhist metaphysics. It states that phenomena arise together in a mutually interdependent web of cause and effect. It is variously rendered into English as "dependent... | Translated into English, what does pratītyasamutpāda mean? | {'text': '"dependent origination", "conditioned genesis", "dependent relationship", "dependent co-arising", "interdependent arising", or "contingency"', 'answer_start': 310} |
125,648 | 125,306 | 57334d024776f41900660816 | generic | This boom in innovative financial products went hand in hand with more complexity. It multiplied the number of actors connected to a single mortgage (including mortgage brokers, specialized originators, the securitizers and their due diligence firms, managing agents and trading desks, and finally investors, insurances ... | What did institutions rely more on as increasing distance from underlying assets occurred? | {'text': 'indirect information', 'answer_start': 440} |
82,082 | 81,740 | 5a3b309a3ff257001ab843e0 | generic | The functional interpretation of the term "rule of law", consistent with the traditional English meaning, contrasts the "rule of law" with the "rule of man." According to the functional view, a society in which government officers have a great deal of discretion has a low degree of "rule of law", whereas a society in w... | What is flexibility compatible with? | {'text': 'The rule of law', 'answer_start': 558} |
15,557 | 15,215 | 56e06979231d4119001ac0c7 | generic | Saint Helena was first settled by the English in 1659, and the island has a population of about 4,250 inhabitants, mainly descended from people from Britain – settlers ("planters") and soldiers – and slaves who were brought there from the beginning of settlement – initially from Africa (the Cape Verde Islands, Gold Coa... | When was Saint Helena first settled? | {'text': '1659', 'answer_start': 49} |
36,330 | 35,988 | 5a1f824b54a786001a36b2f1 | generic | Typical use of the various technologies described above include calling or conferencing on a one-on-one, one-to-many or many-to-many basis for personal, business, educational, deaf Video Relay Service and tele-medical, diagnostic and rehabilitative use or services. New services utilizing videocalling and videoconferenc... | What can diagnostic services resolve at maintenance facilities? | {'text': 'airline engineering issues', 'answer_start': 484} |
60,042 | 59,700 | 57268e1d5951b619008f766f | generic | Early-years education is quite common in Thuringia. Since the 1950s, nearly all children have been using the service, whereas early-years education is less developed in western Germany. Its inventor Friedrich Fröbel lived in Thuringia and founded the world's first Kindergartens there in the 19th century. The Thuringian... | When do children graduate from primary school in Thuringia? | {'text': 'At the age of ten', 'answer_start': 461} |
65,861 | 65,519 | 5726a4e05951b619008f78d0 | generic | The term alloy is used to describe a mixture of atoms in which the primary constituent is a metal. The primary metal is called the base, the matrix, or the solvent. The secondary constituents are often called solutes. If there is a mixture of only two types of atoms, not counting impurities, such as a copper-nickel all... | A five-part alloy is known as? | {'text': 'ternary alloy', 'answer_start': 468} |
87,085 | 86,743 | 5a32dc6cbd0d7f001aef94b1 | generic | In the Ubangi-Shari Territorial Assembly election in 1957, MESAN captured 347,000 out of the total 356,000 votes, and won every legislative seat, which led to Boganda being elected president of the Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa and vice-president of the Ubangi-Shari Government Council. Within a year, he dec... | Who was forced into exile in MESAN? | {'text': 'Abel Goumba', 'answer_start': 832} |
66,114 | 65,772 | 5726a9f3f1498d1400e8e67f | generic | Norfolk Island has 174 native plants; 51 of them are endemic. At least 18 of the endemic species are rare or threatened. The Norfolk Island palm (Rhopalostylis baueri) and the smooth tree-fern (Cyathea brownii), the tallest tree-fern in the world, are common in the Norfolk Island National Park but rare elsewhere on the... | What was the majority of Norfolk Island covered with, before European colonization? | {'text': 'subtropical rain forest', 'answer_start': 399} |
1,406 | 1,064 | 56d3227259d6e41400146280 | generic | Although the two displayed great respect and admiration for each other, their friendship was uneasy and had some qualities of a love-hate relationship. Harold C. Schonberg believes that Chopin displayed a "tinge of jealousy and spite" towards Liszt's virtuosity on the piano, and others have also argued that he had beco... | What was the name of Liszt's mistress? | {'text': "Marie d'Agoult", 'answer_start': 1168} |
124,997 | 124,655 | 57326001e99e3014001e673d | generic | Prior to his inauguration, Eisenhower led a meeting of advisors at Pearl Harbor addressing foremost issues; agreed objectives were to balance the budget during his term, to bring the Korean War to an end, to defend vital interests at lower cost through nuclear deterrent, and to end price and wage controls. Eisenhower a... | What type of cabinet meeting did Eisenhower hold for the first time ever? | {'text': 'pre-inaugural', 'answer_start': 344} |
39,762 | 39,420 | 570e50af0b85d914000d7e0d | generic | Melbourne is also prone to isolated convective showers forming when a cold pool crosses the state, especially if there is considerable daytime heating. These showers are often heavy and can contain hail and squalls and significant drops in temperature, but they pass through very quickly at times with a rapid clearing t... | What weather phrase has become part of local popular culture in Melbourne and concerns the city's rapid change in weather? | {'text': 'four seasons in one day', 'answer_start': 553} |
65,922 | 65,580 | 5a209dd78a6e4f001aa08dd5 | generic | When a molten metal is mixed with another substance, there are two mechanisms that can cause an alloy to form, called atom exchange and the interstitial mechanism. The relative size of each element in the mix plays a primary role in determining which mechanism will occur. When the atoms are relatively similar in size, ... | What is it called when the atoms of the other constituent are substituted with metallic crystals? | {'text': 'substitutional alloy', 'answer_start': 488} |
29,521 | 29,179 | 5705e9bf52bb891400689692 | generic | The Arctic tern holds the long-distance migration record for birds, travelling between Arctic breeding grounds and the Antarctic each year. Some species of tubenoses (Procellariiformes) such as albatrosses circle the earth, flying over the southern oceans, while others such as Manx shearwaters migrate 14,000 km (8,700 ... | Which birds migrate the furthest? | {'text': 'The Arctic tern', 'answer_start': 0} |
17,003 | 16,661 | 56e11661e3433e1400422bb8 | generic | Currently, (2004), there are principles of canon law common to the churches within the Anglican Communion; their existence can be factually established; each province or church contributes through its own legal system to the principles of canon law common within the Communion; these principles have a strong persuasive ... | Through what does each member of the Anglican Communion make a contribution to Church law? | {'text': 'its own legal system', 'answer_start': 197} |
113,891 | 113,549 | 57303815947a6a140053d2c7 | generic | The 1960s was a significant decade for Iranian cinema, with 25 commercial films produced annually on average throughout the early 60s, increasing to 65 by the end of the decade. The majority of production focused on melodrama and thrillers. With the screening of the films Kaiser and The Cow, directed by Masoud Kimiai a... | What Iranian film festival in 1954 was the progenitor of future film festivals in 1969 and 1973? | {'text': 'the Golrizan Festival', 'answer_start': 510} |
26,581 | 26,239 | 56f991dc9e9bad19000a0aea | generic | Throughout history there have been a series of lingua francas in the area to allow for better communication. The dialects spoken in Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo have taken on this role historically. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mandarin, which is not mutually intelligible with any of ... | What type of residents tend to be more fluent in Mandarin than rural ones? | {'text': 'Urban', 'answer_start': 614} |
20,262 | 19,920 | 56e7906100c9c71400d772d8 | generic | The KU School of Engineering is an ABET accredited, public engineering school located on the main campus. The School of Engineering was officially founded in 1891, although engineering degrees were awarded as early as 1873. | On what campus is the University of Kansas School of Engineering located? | {'text': 'main campus', 'answer_start': 93} |
101,269 | 100,927 | 5a0f536adecec9001847556b | generic | At the beginning of a match, an official tosses a coin and allows the captain of the visiting team call heads or tails. The captain of the team winning the coin toss is given the option of having first choice, or of deferring first choice to the other captain. The captain making first choice may either choose a) to kic... | What does the official call at the beginning of a game? | {'text': 'heads or tails', 'answer_start': 104} |
2,417 | 2,075 | 5a8d7bf7df8bba001a0f9ab1 | generic | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス, Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu: Towairaito Purinsesu?) is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii home video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in the The Legend of Zelda series. Originally plan... | What category of game is Legend of Zelda: Australia Twilight? | {'text': 'action-adventure', 'answer_start': 128} |
63,559 | 63,217 | 572697e4dd62a815002e8a88 | generic | The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known) are a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, between the Quantock and Mendip hills. They consist of marine clay levels along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) moors. The Levels are divided into... | who started drainage of the Somerset levels | {'text': 'the Romans, and was restarted at various times: by the Anglo-Saxons', 'answer_start': 973} |
52,457 | 52,115 | 5a7a0f7717ab25001a8a028c | generic | Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as "... | Which king acquired the Buckingham House in 1751? | {'text': 'King George III', 'answer_start': 232} |
126,229 | 125,887 | 57342458d058e614000b69ee | generic | The Ministry of Health is responsible for developing health policy as well as managing the SNS. Five regional health administrations are in charge of implementing the national health policy objectives, developing guidelines and protocols and supervising health care delivery. Decentralization efforts have aimed at shift... | What is the Ministry of Health responsible for? | {'text': 'developing health policy as well as managing the SNS', 'answer_start': 42} |
45,966 | 45,624 | 571097dca58dae1900cd6aa4 | generic | The writers of Grub Street, the Grub Street Hacks, were left feeling bitter about the relative success of the men of letters, and found an outlet for their literature which was typified by the libelle. Written mostly in the form of pamphlets, the libelles "slandered the court, the Church, the aristocracy, the academies... | Which group inherited the "revolutionary spirit" once displayed by the philosophes, according to Darnton? | {'text': 'the Grub Street hacks', 'answer_start': 615} |
69,448 | 69,106 | 5a7a49f217ab25001a8a047c | generic | In ancient India, literature originated from stories that were originally orally transmitted. Early genres included drama, fables, sutras and epic poetry. Sanskrit literature begins with the Vedas, dating back to 1500–1000 BCE, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India. The Vedas are among the oldest sacr... | Sanskrit literature begins with what that dates back to 1300-1100 BCE? | {'text': 'Vedas', 'answer_start': 191} |
54,434 | 54,092 | 5726d3d3f1498d1400e8ec7b | generic | In the U.S., copyright infringement is sometimes confronted via lawsuits in civil court, against alleged infringers directly, or against providers of services and software that support unauthorized copying. For example, major motion-picture corporation MGM Studios filed suit against P2P file-sharing services Grokster a... | What did P2P file sharing services market themselves as? | {'text': 'venues for acquiring copyrighted movies', 'answer_start': 582} |
102,504 | 102,162 | 572e80e8cb0c0d14000f11fa | generic | The ratio of Muslims to Christians fluctuated throughout the period of Ottoman domination. In 1777–78, 47,000 Muslims constituted a majority over the island's 37,000 Christians. By 1872, the population of the island had risen to 144,000, comprising 44,000 Muslims and 100,000 Christians. The Muslim population included n... | How many Muslims made up the island's population in 1777-78? | {'text': '47,000', 'answer_start': 103} |
112,709 | 112,367 | 57320a3eb9d445190005e771 | generic | With the Japanese CAP out of position and the carriers at their most vulnerable, SBD Dauntlesses from Enterprise and Yorktown appeared at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) and commenced their attack, quickly dealing fatal blows to three fleet carriers: Sōryū, Kaga, and Akagi. Within minutes, all three were ablaze an... | At what altitude did the American dive bombers commence their attck on the Japanese carriers? | {'text': '10,000 feet', 'answer_start': 153} |
75,906 | 75,564 | 5a3c0aabcc5d22001a521d66 | generic | The game Total War: Shogun 2 has the Rise of the Samurai expansion pack as downloadable campaign. It allows the player to make their own version of the Gempei War which happened during the Heian period. The player is able to choose one of the most powerful families of Japan at the time, the Taira, Minamoto or Fujiwara;... | What three families are added with the expanson pack? | {'text': 'the Taira, Minamoto or Fujiwara', 'answer_start': 288} |
69,749 | 69,407 | 5ace48f432bba1001ae4a1a3 | generic | When Ibn Sina was 22 years old, he lost his father. The Samanid dynasty came to its end in December 1004. Ibn Sina seems to have declined the offers of Mahmud of Ghazni, and proceeded westwards to Urgench in modern Turkmenistan, where the vizier, regarded as a friend of scholars, gave him a small monthly stipend. The p... | How old was Ibn Sina when his mother died? | {'text': '22 years old', 'answer_start': 18} |
107,110 | 106,768 | 572ee3c7c246551400ce478a | generic | There are two types of transistors, which have slight differences in how they are used in a circuit. A bipolar transistor has terminals labeled base, collector, and emitter. A small current at the base terminal (that is, flowing between the base and the emitter) can control or switch a much larger current between the c... | What controls the large current between the collector and emitter? | {'text': 'A small current at the base terminal', 'answer_start': 174} |
60,556 | 60,214 | 5a5fddb6eae51e001ab14cca | generic | With the new millennium, Marvel Comics emerged from bankruptcy and again began diversifying its offerings. In 2001, Marvel withdrew from the Comics Code Authority and established its own Marvel Rating System for comics. The first title from this era to not have the code was X-Force #119 (October 2001). Marvel also crea... | What did Marvel Comics replace the Marvel Rating System with? | {'text': 'Comics Code Authority', 'answer_start': 141} |
53,215 | 52,873 | 57264eefdd62a815002e812f | generic | Lamps designed for different voltages have different luminous efficacy. For example, a 100-watt, 120-volt lamp will produce about 17.1 lumens per watt. A lamp with the same rated lifetime but designed for 230 V would produce only around 12.8 lumens per watt, and a similar lamp designed for 30 volts (train lighting) wou... | How many lumens per watt does a typical train light produce? | {'text': 'as much as 19.8 lumens per watt', 'answer_start': 331} |
22,724 | 22,382 | 5ad4b9265b96ef001a109e48 | generic | Proto-Slavic, the supposed ancestor language of all Slavic languages, is a descendant of common Proto-Indo-European, via a Balto-Slavic stage in which it developed numerous lexical and morphophonological isoglosses with the Baltic languages. In the framework of the Kurgan hypothesis, "the Indo-Europeans who remained af... | What did Proto-Indo-European form with Balto languages? | {'text': 'numerous lexical and morphophonological isoglosses', 'answer_start': 164} |
5,937 | 5,595 | 56d25ee359d6e41400145f0c | generic | Bruce Matthews notes that there is no cohesive presentation of karma in the Sutta Pitaka, which may mean that the doctrine was incidental to the main perspective of early Buddhist soteriology. Schmithausen is a notable scholar who has questioned whether karma already played a role in the theory of rebirth of earliest B... | According the Bronkhorst, intentions and desire are responsible for what? | {'text': 'rebirth', 'answer_start': 299} |
34,736 | 34,394 | 570a66fd4103511400d596d6 | generic | The word "emotion" dates back to 1579, when it was adapted from the French word émouvoir, which means "to stir up". The term emotion was introduced into academic discussion to replace passion. According to one dictionary, the earliest precursors of the word likely dates back to the very origins of language. The modern ... | Along with anxiety, what is an example of directionless emotion? | {'text': 'depression', 'answer_start': 615} |
27,457 | 27,115 | 56fa3a3b8f12f319006300f3 | generic | The single most revealing property of wood as an indicator of wood quality is specific gravity (Timell 1986), as both pulp yield and lumber strength are determined by it. Specific gravity is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of water; density is the ratio of a mass of a quantity of a s... | Which property of wood reveals the most about its quality? | {'text': 'specific gravity', 'answer_start': 78} |
68,448 | 68,106 | 5726bc32dd62a815002e8eb1 | generic | Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the region's primary airport and the second-largest in North Carolina, located northwest of downtown Raleigh via Interstate-40 between Raleigh and Durham, serves the city and greater Research Triangle metropolitan region, as well as much of eastern North Carolina. The airport offer... | Where is Raleigh-Durham International Airport? | {'text': 'Interstate-40 between Raleigh and Durham', 'answer_start': 151} |
13,099 | 12,757 | 5ace3fcc32bba1001ae4a073 | generic | In March 2012, Sony Music reportedly closed its Philippines office due to piracy, causing to move distribution of SME in the Philippines to Ivory Music. | Sony Music closed its Japan office in what year? | {'text': '2012', 'answer_start': 9} |
24,572 | 24,230 | 56f8954b9b226e1400dd0c4a | generic | Sometime after the publication of the Eclogues (probably before 37 BC), Virgil became part of the circle of Maecenas, Octavian's capable agent d'affaires who sought to counter sympathy for Antony among the leading families by rallying Roman literary figures to Octavian's side. Virgil came to know many of the other lead... | Who helped finish the Aeneid? | {'text': 'Varius Rufus', 'answer_start': 415} |
65,818 | 65,476 | 5a204cd054a786001a36b2fa | generic | An alloy is a mixture of metals or a mixture of a metal and another element. Alloys are defined by metallic bonding character. An alloy may be a solid solution of metal elements (a single phase) or a mixture of metallic phases (two or more solutions). Intermetallic compounds are alloys with a defined stoichiometry and ... | What is defined by its atomic bonding character? | {'text': 'Alloys', 'answer_start': 77} |
19,131 | 18,789 | 56e6df336fe0821900b8ec13 | generic | This format often includes dance-pop (such as upbeat songs by Madonna, Cher, Gloria Estefan and Kylie Minogue), power pops (mainly by boybands such as Backstreet Boys and Westlife), and adult-oriented soft rock music that are ballad-driven (typically by Aerosmith[citation needed], The Eagles, Sting, Toto and The Moody ... | What genre of music is played by The Eagles? | {'text': 'soft rock', 'answer_start': 201} |
14,851 | 14,509 | 56dfed637aa994140058e277 | generic | CAMRA maintains a "National Inventory" of historical notability and of architecturally and decoratively notable pubs. The National Trust owns thirty-six public houses of historic interest including the George Inn, Southwark, London and The Crown Liquor Saloon, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | How many pubs does the National Trust own? | {'text': 'thirty-six', 'answer_start': 142} |
11,822 | 11,480 | 56ded8b43277331400b4d766 | generic | Schwarzenegger was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, an aortic valve with only two leaflets (a normal aortic valve has three leaflets). Schwarzenegger opted in 1997 for a replacement heart valve made of his own transplanted tissue; medical experts predicted he would require heart valve replacement surgery in the follo... | Schwarzenegger underwent heart valve replacement in what year? | {'text': '1997', 'answer_start': 161} |
933 | 591 | 56bfd351a10cfb1400551312 | generic | Beyoncé's work has influenced numerous artists including Adele, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Bridgit Mendler, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Nicole Scherzinger, Rita Ora, Zendaya, Cheryl Cole, JoJo, Alexis Jordan, Jessica Sanchez, and Azealia Banks. American indie rock band White Rabbits also cited her... | What about Beyonce has influenced many entertainers? | {'text': 'work', 'answer_start': 10} |
24,382 | 24,040 | 56f81ed1a6d7ea1400e173d0 | generic | In 1374 King Louis of Hungary approved the Privilege of Koszyce (Polish: "przywilej koszycki" or "ugoda koszycka") in Košice in order to guarantee the Polish throne for his daughter Jadwiga. He broadened the definition of who was a member of the nobility and exempted the entire class from all but one tax (łanowy, which... | WHat happened to the kings right to raise taxes? | {'text': 'abolished', 'answer_start': 435} |
59,366 | 59,024 | 5726b6f0708984140094ceb7 | generic | Queen's popularity was stimulated in North America when "Bohemian Rhapsody" was featured in the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World. Its inclusion helped the song reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992 (it remained in the Hot 100 for over 40 weeks), and won the band an MTV Award at the 1992 MTV Vid... | In what year did Queen win an MTV award? | {'text': '1992', 'answer_start': 218} |
29,354 | 29,012 | 570680d952bb891400689a16 | generic | The head of state of Delhi is the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government and the post is largely ceremonial, as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive ... | Which government position is given most of the executive powers over Delhi? | {'text': 'Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi', 'answer_start': 206} |
100,613 | 100,271 | 572cad3cdfb02c14005c6bf9 | generic | Most of the state has a humid subtropical climate, with the exception of some of the higher elevations in the Appalachians, which are classified as having a mountain temperate climate or a humid continental climate due to cooler temperatures. The Gulf of Mexico is the dominant factor in the climate of Tennessee, with w... | Which body of ocean water affects Tennessee's climate the most? | {'text': 'Gulf of Mexico', 'answer_start': 247} |
72,465 | 72,123 | 57270105dd62a815002e9776 | generic | Crevasses can form in several different ways. Transverse crevasses are transverse to flow and form where steeper slopes cause a glacier to accelerate. Longitudinal crevasses form semi-parallel to flow where a glacier expands laterally. Marginal crevasses form from the edge of the glacier, due to the reduction in speed ... | Where do transverse crevasses form? | {'text': 'where steeper slopes cause a glacier to accelerate', 'answer_start': 99} |
14,043 | 13,701 | 56e099da231d4119001ac2c1 | generic | On June 12, 1990, the Congress of People's Deputies adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty. On June 12, 1991, Boris Yeltsin was elected the first President. On December 8, 1991, heads of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed the Belavezha Accords. The agreement declared dissolution of the USSR by its founder states ... | On what date was the Declaration of State Sovereignty adopted? | {'text': 'June 12, 1990', 'answer_start': 3} |
76,141 | 75,799 | 5727d633ff5b5019007d9680 | generic | By the mid-1870s, most scientists accepted evolution, but relegated natural selection to a minor role as they believed evolution was purposeful and progressive. The range of evolutionary theories during "the eclipse of Darwinism" included forms of "saltationism" in which new species were thought to arise through "jumps... | What rediscovered inheritance was thought to invalidate Darwin's views on evolution? | {'text': 'Mendelian inheritance', 'answer_start': 704} |
125,047 | 124,705 | 57326d6ce99e3014001e67b0 | generic | Over New York City in 1953, Eastern Airlines Flight 8610, a commercial flight, had a near miss with Air Force Flight 8610, a Lockheed C-121 Constellation known as Columbine II, while the latter was carrying President Eisenhower. This prompted the adoption of the unique call sign Air Force One, to be used whenever the p... | In what year was Eisenhower involved in an incident while flying? | {'text': '1953', 'answer_start': 22} |
17,250 | 16,908 | 56e1cc2fcd28a01900c67bb6 | generic | In December 2012, Hormuud Telecom launched its Tri-Band 3G service for internet and mobile clients. The first of its kind in the country, this third generation mobile telecommunications technology offers users a faster and more secure connection. | Hormuud Telecom launched what service in 2012? | {'text': 'Tri-Band 3G', 'answer_start': 47} |
63,283 | 62,941 | 5a70f1fd0efcfe001a8afce3 | generic | DDT, sprayed on the walls of houses, is an organochlorine that has been used to fight malaria since the 1950s. Recent policy statements by the World Health Organization have given stronger support to this approach. However, DDT and other organochlorine pesticides have been banned in most countries worldwide because of ... | How supportive is Africa about DDT being banned? | {'text': 'have given stronger support to this approach', 'answer_start': 169} |
61,893 | 61,551 | 5726a6b4f1498d1400e8e623 | generic | In 1988, unrest over economic mismanagement and political oppression by the government led to widespread pro-democracy demonstrations throughout the country known as the 8888 Uprising. Security forces killed thousands of demonstrators, and General Saw Maung staged a coup d'état and formed the State Law and Order Restor... | Who lead the government coup in 1988 ? | {'text': 'General Saw Maung', 'answer_start': 240} |
83,450 | 83,108 | 5acd725107355d001abf4298 | generic | City transportation in Strasbourg includes the futurist-looking Strasbourg tramway that opened in 1994 and is operated by the regional transit company Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS), consisting of 6 lines with a total length of 55.8 km (34.7 mi). The CTS also operates a comprehensive bus network througho... | What do the buses look like in Strasbourg? | {'text': 'futurist-looking', 'answer_start': 47} |
87,170 | 86,828 | 57281b783acd2414000df4a6 | generic | In the southwest, the Dzanga-Sangha National Park is located in a rain forest area. The country is noted for its population of forest elephants and western lowland gorillas. In the north, the Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park is well-populated with wildlife, including leopards, lions, cheetahs and rhinos, and the B... | What large animals reside in the national park? | {'text': 'forest elephants', 'answer_start': 127} |
22,229 | 21,887 | 56f6f7043d8e2e1400e372f5 | generic | During the earlier medieval period, the vocal music from the liturgical genre, predominantly Gregorian chant, was monophonic, using a single, unaccompanied vocal melody line. Polyphonic vocal genres, which used multiple independent vocal melodies, began to develop during the high medieval era, becoming prevalent by the... | What word means using a single unaccompanied vocal melody line? | {'text': 'monophonic', 'answer_start': 114} |
13,848 | 13,506 | 56df687496943c1400a5d4e7 | generic | However, according to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, the UNFPA contributed vehicles and computers to the Chinese to carry out their population control policies. However, both the Washington Post and the Washington Times reported that Powell simply fell in line, signing a brief written by someone else. | What policies did a State Department official accuse UNFPA of helping China carry out? | {'text': 'population control policies', 'answer_start': 139} |
61,906 | 61,564 | 5726e331f1498d1400e8eec6 | generic | In October 2012 the number of ongoing conflicts in Myanmar included the Kachin conflict, between the Pro-Christian Kachin Independence Army and the government; a civil war between the Rohingya Muslims, and the government and non-government groups in Rakhine State; and a conflict between the Shan, Lahu and Karen minorit... | In 2012 what was the the disturbance with the government running smoothly ? Burma? | {'text': 'the number of ongoing conflicts in Myanmar', 'answer_start': 16} |
52,124 | 51,782 | 5a860fd3b4e223001a8e742f | generic | In many countries, national and regional poultry shows are held where enthusiasts exhibit their birds which are judged on certain phenotypical breed traits as specified by their respective breed standards. The idea of poultry exhibition may have originated after cockfighting was made illegal, as a way of maintaining a ... | Where are national and regional poultry shows banned? | {'text': 'In many countries', 'answer_start': 0} |
122,099 | 121,757 | 5731ff05e17f3d14004225c7 | generic | The Twelve Tables forbade any harmful incantation (malum carmen, or 'noisome metrical charm'); this included the "charming of crops from one field to another" (excantatio frugum) and any rite that sought harm or death to others. Chthonic deities functioned at the margins of Rome's divine and human communities; although... | What did people seeking the aid of magicians avoid? | {'text': 'public gaze', 'answer_start': 480} |
16,345 | 16,003 | 56e0c8ed7aa994140058e6eb | generic | A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL) and may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content. Hyperlinks p... | What does URL mean? | {'text': 'Uniform Resource Identifier', 'answer_start': 207} |
87,925 | 87,583 | 5acf9cbb77cf76001a6854e6 | generic | On the 1st of January 1901 the nation-state of Australia officially came into existence as a federation. The Australian continent was colonised by the United Kingdom in 1788, which subsequently established six, eventually self-governing, colonies there. In the 1890s the governments of these colonies all held referendum... | When didn't the United Kingdom colonize the Australian continent? | {'text': '1788', 'answer_start': 169} |
89,329 | 88,987 | 5ad14be9645df0001a2d1624 | generic | The Black Wednesday economic disaster in September 1992 left the Conservative government's reputation for monetary excellence in tatters, and by the end of that year Labour had a comfortable lead over the Tories in the opinion polls. Although the recession was declared over in April 1993 and a period of strong and sust... | When was the Black Friday disaster? | {'text': 'September 1992', 'answer_start': 41} |
72,718 | 72,376 | 57270fc85951b619008f8566 | generic | On April 8, 2005, a partnership led by Comcast and Sony Pictures Entertainment finalized a deal to acquire MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists, and create an additional outlet to carry MGM/UA's material for cable and Internet distribution. On October 31, 2005, Comcast officially announced that it had acquired ... | What movie studios did Comcast and their partner buy? | {'text': 'MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists', 'answer_start': 107} |
121,749 | 121,407 | 57319d4eb9d445190005e409 | generic | Universities created by bilateral or multilateral treaties between states are intergovernmental. An example is the Academy of European Law, which offers training in European law to lawyers, judges, barristers, solicitors, in-house counsel and academics. EUCLID (Pôle Universitaire Euclide, Euclid University) is chartere... | What is a mission of EUCLID as it relates to signatory nations? | {'text': 'sustainable development', 'answer_start': 377} |
44,336 | 43,994 | 570fa2005ab6b81900390f41 | generic | Times of personal significance have included the births and marriages of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, her coronation in 1953, and the celebration of milestones such as her Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees in 1977, 2002, and 2012, respectively. Moments of sadness for her include the death of h... | How old was Elizabeth's father at the time of his death? | {'text': '56', 'answer_start': 336} |
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